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Just as the Gibbons forces were getting organized for the campaign, more trouble developed. Charles B. Rugg, a Republican State Committee Counsel, warned that there was some question as to the nominee's legal eligibility, since he had run for State Senator as well as Governor in the primary. It took a favorable ruling from the Democratic Attorney General to clear up the matter...
Gibbons is quick to point out that Massachusetts, for the first time in its history, failed to have a balanced budget this year. He claims that the Governor is planning to call a special session of the lgislature after the elections to impose new taxes in order to change this situation...
This battle between the Governor and the Senate is another issue which should help the Democrats. Last spring, Furcolo proposed withholding state income tax; this, he said, would cut down the large number of tax delinquents in the state and bring in the millions of dollars needed to balance the budget without putting any additional burden on the people. The Senate killed it on three separate occasions after it had passed the House...
...issue the Republicans were counting on never materialized--the state sales tax. Originally proposed by the Governor last spring, it was defeated by both parties in the legislature. During the campaign, Gibbons has said that he too would sign such a bill if it came to him. By failing to exploit this issue, many observers feel, Gibbons has lost a big opportunity...
Besides these issues, Furcolo has other advantages working for him. Of Italian and Irish extraction, the Yale-educated ('33) Governor with a large family has a common-man appeal which Gibbons has not had time to build up. He amassed the largest vote ever given to a Democratic gubernatorial candidate in the last primary and defeated a popular Lieutenant Governor in a year in which Eisenhower was sweeping the state. Gibbons is running hard and has made gains--notably in the western part of the state--but at this stage of the game it doesn't look...